“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordJuly 11, 2023
It is a damn shame that we have to pass a second bill to implement a bill that we already passed.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine
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Editor's note · Context

Senator King criticizes the need for additional legislation to enforce existing law.

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